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Monday, 19 October 2015

Portugal Adventure Part II : Batalha / Portugalia cz II : Batalha

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Todaywe're backwith the second partof the " Travel to Portugal". This time we wenttoa place calledBatalha.The town was founded by King D. João I of Portugal, jointly with the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória na Batalha, to pay homage to the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385) that put an end to the 1383-1385 crisis. The town's name means battle.1

Batalha Monastery / Klasztor w Batalha

Mole Bartek was only for a moment in Batalha, but had an opportunity to take a few pictures on the popular and doing a great impression The Monastery of Batalha. Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitóri (Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitoria) is the Temple considered one of the finest and most celebrated monuments in Portugal and one of the greatest works of Gothic church architecture in Europe.

In 1983, the Monastery was listed on a UNESCO list - The World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Construction of the Monastery started in 1385 and was initiated thanks to King John I, in gratitude for the help of the Virgin Mary and the victory at the Battle of Aljubarrota. It lasted nearly 150 years. Successive rulers tried to leave their mark on the Monastery, adding new buildings or remodeling existing ones. Together with the Monastery the town of Batalha (port. Batalha - battle) was founded. In 1388 years, the Monastery was dedicated to the Dominicans and exercised over it bakes until the liquidation of religious orders in 1834. The architectural design, which was the construction of the Monastery, served mainly a demonstration of royal power. It became a symbol launched by John I of Aviz Dynasty and a new era in the history of Portugal. The monastery is considered a model example of a combination of English Gothic architecture and elements of home style Manueline.

Visitors can go inside the Monastery which consists few buildings like built in the style of flamboyant Gothic three-nave basilica, the Chapel of the Founder (Capela do Fundador) with the tomb of John I and his wife, the chapter hall, the refectory (now the headquarters of the Military Museum), richly decorated cloisters and royal pantheon of Edward I called the unfinished chapels (Capelas Imperfeitas), whose construction was ordered by King Duarte, and made by David Huguenot. In 1968, the southern facade of the temple a monument of the famous Portuguese knight vernier (Nuno) Alvares Pereira.